The Eternal God Sustains Nations and Individuals

Habakkuk's prophecy, delivered near the sixth century B. C. , emerged from profound national crisis. King Josiah had fallen in an ill-advised battle; Assyria's power waned while Babylon's ascended. Yet the prophet grasped what politicians despaired to see: though Babylon hindered Judah's political emancipation, it served as Elohim's agent for moral deliverance. The prophet's declaration—"Art Thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One?…